Bush urges unity to pressure NKorea on nukesFormer US president George W. Bush Wednesday urged nations negotiating with North Korea to stay united to pressure the communist state This article is about a form of government in which the state operates under the control of a Communist Party. For information regarding communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, or as a popular movement, see the communism article. into abandoning its nuclear ambitions. Bush told a Seoul forum that Pyongyang is undoubtedly testing the six-nation negotiating process and the other members must not give in. "I believe that the best way to bring peace to the Korean peninsula is multilateral diplomacy through the six-party talks The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. There has been a series of meetings with six participating states: the People's Republic of China; the Republic of Korea (South Korea); the ," Bush said in a keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work to the World Knowledge Forum. "The president of North Korea will, no doubt, test the system, and, no doubt, try to find weaknesses," he said, referring to leader Kim Jong-Il who is not in fact president. "I'm confident the issue can be resolved peacefully when China, (South) Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. speak with one voice to say that there is a better way forward." Early in his term Bush took a hardline stance with the North and famously fa·mous·ly adv. 1. In a way or to an extent that is well known: "his famously neurotic mannerisms [are] lampooned in the novels of Evelyn Waugh" labelled it part of an "axis of evil" in 2002. But the following year he agreed to the creation of the six-party forum, designed to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programmes in exchange for economic aid and major security and diplomatic benefits. The latest six-party talks last December ended in stalemate stale·mate n. 1. A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock. 2. A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move. tr.v. and the North quit the forum in April. But Bush reiterated his faith in it as the best approach. North Korea said last week it was willing to return to the six-party process, but only if it can first make progress in separate bilateral talks with the United States. 
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